Johann Sebastian Bach
3 volumes by Philipp Spitta
Johann Sebastian Bach 3 volumes by Philipp Spitta |
Period: Baroque
Born: Wednesday, March 21, 1685 in Eisenach,
Germany
Died: Tuesday, July 28, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany
Nation of Origin: Germany
Major Works:
Brandenburg Concertos
Air for the G String
French Suite
English Suite
Inventions
Well-tempered Clavier
A Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer)
The Art of Fugue (Die Künst der Fuge)
Clavier Übung
Aria with Different Variations or "The Goldberg
Variations"
Orgelbüchlein
Partita in D minor
Toccata in D minor
Toccata in E major
B-minor Mass
Magnificat
Christmas Oratorio
Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in death's dark
prison)
St. Matthew Passion
St. John Passion
Coffee Cantata
Peasant Cantata
Jesu meine Freude (Jesus, my joy)
Other Information:
Master composer of Baroque music.
Composer Bibliography:
Wollf, Christoph; Helm, Eugene; and Warburton, ErnestThe New
Grove Bach Family (The New Grove), W. W. Norton & Company,
November 1997, ISBN: 0393303543
General Bibliography:
Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi
to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN:
0393097455
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December
1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Links to essays at other sites:
 Baroque Music by Claude V. Palisca |
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Biographical essay from the Grove Concise Dictionary of
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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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